Newburgh, Indiana

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Newburgh is a town in Warrick County, Indiana, United States, along the Ohio River. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 3,088. It has grown into an affluent suburb of Evansville, Indiana and has many unincorporated subdivisions.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 History
4 Famous People
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Geography

Newburgh is located at 37°56′48″N, 87°24′13″W (37.946579, -87.403735)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.5 km² (1.4 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 3,088 people, 1,369 households, and 889 families residing in the town. The population density was 876.7/km² (2,274.6/mi²). There were 1,478 housing units at an average density of 419.6/km² (1,088.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.38% White, 1.17% African American, 0.03% Native American, 0.36% Asian, 0.32% from other races, and 0.74% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.58% of the population.

There were 1,369 households out of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.8% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% were non-families. 29.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.79.

In the town the population was spread out with 22.2% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $41,581, and the median income for a family was $53,854. Males had a median income of $41,538 versus $24,662 for females. The per capita income for the town was $24,537. None of the families and 2.5% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 5.1% of those over 64.

[edit] History

John Sprinkle landed here in the spring of 1803, thirteen years before Indiana entered the Union as the 19th state. Sprinkle started the first settlement in what is now Warrick County. Originally called Sprinklesburg, later Newburgh (in 1837), the community grew to be the largest riverport between Cincinnati and New Orleans by 1850.

On July 18, 1862, Newburgh was the first town north of the Mason-Dixon line to be captured by the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Colonel Adam R. Johnson, with a partisan band, crossed the Ohio River and confiscated supplies and ammunition without a shot being fired. The Confederates would have been unable to shell the city (as promised) had Newburgh put up a fight. The Confederates' 'cannons' were an assemblage of stove pipe, a charred log, and wagon wheels.

On November 6, 2005, the Evansville Tornado of November 2005 caused 25 deaths in nearby Evansville. Newburgh suffered extensive property damage and some injuries, but remarkably experienced no fatalities during the 2:06 AM tornado strike.